Thursday, December 6, 2007

Love Field (1992) - Stephen Davis

April 3, 1988

THE LOVE FIELD

Screenplay by Stephen Davis

Synopsis by Brian Aldrich

1963, some mobsters are being killed in Chicago, Valachi is testifying before the Senate committee on organized crime, and JACK RUBY is firing a stripper from his club in Dallas. Ruby is involved in a number of illegal activities, including buying heroin from Cuba for the local police, and pointing out Reds to the FBI. Doing this, his past history as a hit man in Chicago is swept under the rug and his communist bartender, LARRY, is left alone. A sexy gal who calls herself, CANDY BARR, enters his bar and asks for a job as a stripper. She's gorgeous and quickly employed.

Ruby is asked by the Mafia to go visit mobster SANTOS in jail in Cuba and prepare for his escape. Ruby brings along Candy to get Santos laid in his jail cell. While she's screwing Santos, mob man MORELLO tells Ruby the true purpose of their visit: to kill Santos for the mob. Ruby is reluctant and accidentally kills Morello with a gun disguised as a camera. Ruby helps Santos escape from Cuba. Ruby gets orders from the Mafia to go to Las Vegas. He brings Candy who stumbles into JACK KENNEDY and becomes his mistress. She leaves Ruby and goes to live in Washington D.C. Meanwhile, Larry the Red quits Ruby's bar to go preach communism in New Orleans. Ruby is "asked" to kill FIDEL CASTRO, but isn't able to get a clear shot with his "camera". Meanwhile, TIPPIT, a cop, ahs fallen in love with Candy and asks Ruby to tell him where she's gone. Her ex-husband, HANK, is looking for her too. A CIA man, FERRIE, picks Candy up after she leaves the White House and takes her to the University of Miami which houses a huge underground complex devoted to taking over Cuba. When questioned, she tells the CIA men that Kennedy has had it with Cuba and is going to close down their operation.

Ruby is enlisted to help the CIA. Kennedy is assassinated by the CIA. Larry is captured for the murder. (What ever happened to Oswald?) Ruby kills Larry. Candy visits Ruby in jail to say goodbye. A CIA man shows up disguised as a guard to "feed" Ruby.

Summary Criticism: This script is another lame and uninvolving attempt at depicting a "conspiracy" plot for the Kennedy assassination. The author ignores historical details in favor of giving us sex and slime.

Love Field (1992) - imdb

Love Field (1992) - wiki

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